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No. red blood cells carry oxygen. White blood cells attack pathogens such as viruses.
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What can cause an illness?
Most illnesses are caused by viruses or bacteria entering the body.
What can illness cause?
Most illnesses are caused by viruses or bacteria entering the body.
Disease-causing organisms are known as?
Bacteria and viruses that cause illness are known as pathogens.
What do some viruses lack?
Some viruses lack the ability to replicate. These types of viruses often don't show symptoms in healthy people because they are not strong enough to cause illness.
Give to examples of organisms wich might cause food poisoning or food borne illness?
Bacteria and viruses are two organisms which might cause food poisoning or food borne illness.
What virus causing respiratory illness?
There are many different viruses that can cause respiratory illness. One that has been in the media is H1N1, also known as the swine flu.
Do mris cause viruses to eat your blood cells?
Sometimes they do and people can die from it.
What is influenza type b?
There are four types of influenza viruses: A, B, C and D. Human influenza A and B viruses cause seasonal epidemics of disease almost every winter in the United States. Influenza type C infections generally cause a mild respiratory illness and are not thought to cause epidemics. Influenza D viruses primarily affect cattle and are not known to infect or cause illness in people.A, B and C cause a severe upper respiratory infections. These are more than 'just a cold.'
How do viruses locate the host cells?
by getting into your blood,it can cause really bad problems
What causes bacterial food poisoning?
"Chemicals, heavy metals, parasites, fungi, viruses and bacteria can cause food borne illness."
What is blood poisoning?
Blood poisoning is the presence in the bloodstream of microorganisms or their toxins in sufficient quantity to cause severe illness.
What narrows the blood vessels and can cause a heart attack?
nicotine
